“—Hawawa! (I have classes.)”

“—Hawawawawa! (Have pride as a noble.)”

“—Furafuraa~ (I suddenly fell ill.)”

…Was how I managed to keep avoiding Prince Redmond.

That evening too, I was sprawled lifelessly on top of my bed.

“How did this happen…!?”

“Are you seriously asking that?”

Silver, who heartlessly responded to my lament, took care of my uniform as usual.

“If you’d like some advice from me, I think you should apologize to them and end this prank lest you dig yourself into a deeper hole.”

“—What do you mean, prank!? Does it look like I’m playing around!?”

At my objection, Silver offered no reply.

Instead, he stopped working. His blue eyes looked straight through me…

I, I didn’t get what he was saying at all—! Although, I did flinch…

“I-I have nothing to apologize for…!”

It wasn’t like I didn’t feel guilty.

For the past few days, I’d only said things like, ‘Kyururun’ and ‘Hwawa’ in public. Until then, I wasn’t such a disgraceful duke’s daughter. As a result, they were concerned about me. They had a meeting this morning where they discussed some possible solutions to my “curse.”

…Yes, it has gotten somewhat out of hand.

Of course, this ‘Kyururun’ was neither a disease nor a curse, as it was being done on purpose…

…S-still, I don’t feel guilty at all!

But, if I admitted to it right away, what’d happen?

I was the next queen. If I acquiesce so easily, I’d be dragging the Lamneria name through mud!

“In the first place, it’s His Highness’ fault for being such a yandere! I merely fought back! If someone’s going to apologize, then it should rightfully be Prince Redmond!”

“…Milady, don’t you know when to give up?”

“That’s just not my style!”

Silver didn’t bother to hide his sigh at my declaration.

…I, I do know what he’s referring to. It’s me who refuses to apologize.

But I just don’t want to apologize for something like this…

Somewhat sulky, I buried my face into my pillow.

“But as expected, their words may have a truth to them.”

“W-what? As in, a Burikko is enough to topple the entire country?”

“…Milady, your positivity surely is annoying. No, I just thought that it’s strange for all four of them to become yandere.”

“As I thought…”

Indeed, the shift in their personalities was simply too drastic.

For better or for worse, Prince Redmond was a stubborn man who was dedicated to his work.

The level-headed Bruno kept his distance from everyone.

As for Hielo… While he may be cheerful, he prioritized his training over socializing. Moreover, he was already engaged. If his previous statement spread to the public, wouldn’t it cause an uproar?

Prince Grimwald was also friendly, but he should’ve been able to properly draw a line between us? After all, I’d eventually become his sister-in-law. Besides, it wasn’t like I engaged him in a conversation more than necessary.

All of them—who seemed to be so close and yet so far away—came together in their shared excessive desire to monopolize me…

…Ah, I still get shivers when I think about it.

What kind of horror story is this?

As I fluttered about, Silver mercilessly removed my blanket.

“So, what are you going to do next, Future Queen?”

“…Why are you calling me that?”

“No reason? It’s just my way of offering my condolences to you, someone who has arbitrarily become an onomatopoeia… But food for thought, what if His Highness’ yandere is the curse? They readily forsake the future of the Kingdom of Nerneige, and some of them even have fiancées… At this rate, you can only pray it doesn’t lead to something bigger.”

The bizarre transformation of the future bigshots didn’t seem to have affected anyone other than me so far…

…But I didn’t know if that’d last.

First and foremost, I wanted to confirm something—

“Onomatopoeia?”

“’Kyururun’ and ‘Aha~n’ are examples of onomatopoeic words.”

“I, I didn’t use such a brazen word!?”

I remembered using the former, but not the latter!?

Despite my rebuttal, Silver didn’t seem to be joking. Even though I wanted to cut ties with them, I was still the future queen. If I cared about my people, then I couldn’t just leave everything be. I had to do my utmost…

…I just found it frustrating to be told that by Silver.

I poked him.

“I want you to help!”

“Then, make use of me as you deem fit, for I’m your servant.”

“W-what’s with that—!?”

I hurriedly hid my flustered face with both hands. However, Silver whispered in my ear—

“Right, Milady?”

…Stop making fun of me!

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